G.I. Joe Classified Series

[Damien]

Yeah, I don't know what's going on with the Trench Viper set. I don't recall it being a MTO item either. I'm pretty sure it was only listed as a Pulse Exclusive, right?

 

[docsilence]

I’m not sure if this has been answered already, so apologies if it has. But is Hasbro going to put the Trench Viper back up, even though it currently says “In Stock”.

Also, I don’t remember it being a make to order preorder and don’t remember ever seeing the “Peeorder window has closed” message. Thanks in advance!

Not sure if it is going to be reissued but you are remembering correctly that it was not one of their "made to order" style offerings. I don't believe they've made any official statement about making more, though they have restocked both the VAMP and the STINGER briefly so I would be surprised if they don't do a second print.

 

[canprime]

I don't care what everyone else says about you Ru, you are a man of taste.........

 

[canprime]

@canprime now I'm gonna have to try that.

C'mon now, make sure it is at least green, what with you being Irish and all that.

 

[Ru1977]

I always wear a modesty pouch, even when simulating sex in a play about 19th century vibrators.

You fucking *wish* I was joking.

First off, do I? DO I?!

Secondly... I forget. Nevermind.

Thanks for giving me flashbacks to my film actor days when we were introduced to the concept of the "privacy pillow" to go along with the modesty pouch. I just remember the crew at the end of the day saying they needed to take the privacy pillow out back and put it out of its misery after a 12 hour day on set like an old hunting hound.

What in the hell are you doing to your hunting dogs?

ON TOPIC: I cracked open the Cobra outhouse and... dammit, I REALLY like it. I just wish there was more of it. The sandbags are hefty and look great. The guardhouse or whatever we're calling it has some really nice design to it. The trench viper is what, 100% reuse? But he's excellent reuse, great as a non-neon version of the alley viper. I absolutely will not buy a second one, I don't need to army build, but I hope they do other playsets that snap onto it. Give us a security gate or something!

Awesome. It really looks like a sweet little playset, and that repaint is a really cool one. I didn't want to army build the specialty vipers, so I only have one alley viper and one range viper, but now I need to decide if I am keeping my Grim Viper order and trying to get a Trench guy or cancelling the Grim Viper ...

Also at this very moment Crystal Ball is sitting inside communing with a Great Old One and the trench viper is wondering how long he should leave him in there before calling for backup.

"...yeah he's outside right now. No, I need you to come get me."

 

[Ru1977]

C'mon now, make sure it is at least green, what with you being Irish and all that.

Psh, I already shit green. Probably not good.

 

[canprime]

Psh, I already shit green. Probably not good.

I assume it is the cabbage?

Well at least that is my assumption since growing up with an Irish mum (from Dublin) I learned to stop asking what's for dinner otherwise I would get one of two responses on repeat:

"Pigs feet, cabbage and potatoes"

or

"Yum, yum pigs bum" (Hey look! More butt stuff, but now with animals.........oh wait..)

 

[canprime]

Just saw a post from the Full Force Podcast about some recent arrivals to US ports:

Budo
Slice & Dice
Darklon & Monkeywrench (I assume the whole wave is now fully on shore)
Dial-Tone. Yes! Now I hope I can snag him after missing out the first go round.
and
The Legacy Police Officer. So if he is on shore now I would guess Hasbro is going to try and put him out sooner or later rather than sit on him in warehouses for who knows how long.

 

[Ru1977]

Way to callback!

I actually rarely eat like that anymore. Growing up, yes that was how my mom always cooked... Lotta boiled stuff. But for those who don't know, my wife is Mexican and though she throws potatoes in a lot of dishes, everything I eat now is far from what I had as a kid heh. It's nice though when we go to a party with her family, I'm usually the only white but always the only Irish one and they always announce "the Irishman is here!!!" Which is really touching. But yeah, Mexicans and Irish are perfect drinking companions.

Oh, and my wife does pibil which is slow roasted pig bum with a ton of seasoning and such... One of my favorite things she makes.

 

[Ru1977]

Just saw a post from the Full Force Podcast about some recent arrivals to US ports:

Budo
Slice & Dice
Darklon & Monkeywrench (I assume the whole wave is now fully on shore)
Dial-Tone. Yes! Now I hope I can snag him after missing out the first go round.
and
The Legacy Police Officer. So if he is on shore now I would guess Hasbro is going to try and put him out sooner or later rather than sit on him in warehouses for who knows how long.

Awesome, thank you for posting that! I used to check him frequently, then woke just skip to his lists for this and next year, now just don't bother. But funny they shipped the figure they may not sell. Is he going directly to Ross?

 

[AceofKnaves]

I wonder if we will just see a quiet, no-fanfare “in stock” sale of the cops. Hopefully with like a day’s warning or so.

 

[canprime]

Way to callback!

I actually rarely eat like that anymore. Growing up, yes that was how my mom always cooked... Lotta boiled stuff. But for those who don't know, my wife is Mexican and though she throws potatoes in a lot of dishes, everything I eat now is far from what I had as a kid heh. It's nice though when we go to a party with her family, I'm usually the only white but always the only Irish one and they always announce "the Irishman is here!!!" Which is really touching. But yeah, Mexicans and Irish are perfect drinking companions.

Oh, and my wife does pibil which is slow roasted pig bum with a ton of seasoning and such... One of my favorite things she makes.

Yeah life is funny like that. My mom rarely did the cooking growing up so I didn't have to suffer through too many Irish style meals. My dad did most of the cooking, and since he was a chef it was kind of obvious why.

What's funny is that my dad is Puerto Rican and he and my mom met while working at a resort in Pennsylvania before taking a weekend up to Toronto (when their contracts were up) and just decided to stay (hey it was the early 70s and I guess immigration wasn't as strict). So I grew up with a lot of food with more spice in it than a typical Canadian "white boy."

 

[canprime]

I wonder if we will just see a quiet, no-fanfare “in stock” sale of the cops. Hopefully with like a day’s warning or so.

Awesome, thank you for posting that! I used to check him frequently, then woke just skip to his lists for this and next year, now just don't bother. But funny they shipped the figure they may not sell. Is he going directly to Ross?

Yeah my thinking is the same as AceofKnaves. They'll probably just drop the figure with no preorder or fanfare. It will probably just show up for order on Pulse and all other sites and they'll be done with it.

 

[Ru1977]

Yeah life is funny like that. My mom rarely did the cooking growing up so I didn't have to suffer through too many Irish style meals. My dad did most of the cooking, and since he was a chef it was kind of obvious why.

What's funny is that my dad is Puerto Rican and he and my mom met while working at a resort in Pennsylvania before taking a weekend up to Toronto (when their contracts were up) and just decided to stay (hey it was the early 70s and I guess immigration wasn't as strict). So I grew up with a lot of food with more spice in it than a typical Canadian "white boy."

That is awesome though! And yeah, the 70s were clearly very different. I found out a few years ago my parents were never married, but she did change her name to his at least. Not officially, just started signing stuff with his last name and the system kinda developed around them to keep track of that kinda stuff. Kinda blows my mind now.

 

[docsilence]

Well at least that is my assumption since growing up with an Irish mum (from Dublin) I learned to stop asking what's for dinner otherwise I would get one of two responses on repeat:

When I was living in Ireland, my ex's mom snuck blood pudding onto my plate for breakfast one morning and literally just stood in the corner of the kitchen trying not to giggle waiting to see if I liked it so she could surprise me and tell me I just ate blood pudding. She knew a dumbass American wouldn't have tried it otherwise. I got pranked by a 70 year old Irish grandmother.

Same visit at her parents' that her dad gave me too much poitín ("tis holy water") and her brother got me high and I ended up getting into an argument with a Polish bouncer who spoke English with a Cork accent (this is why we got into an argument, literally a miscommunication) and then on a dare I tried on skinny jeans and I nearly had to be surgically removed from them.

Anyway, my first real foray into Irish cuisine was a great day. I miss living there.

BUT ON TOPIC! I bet they do a stealth drop on Pulse / BBTS / EE all at the same time with the cop. They know it'll sell, and they'll want to not make a big deal of it.